Ames, Rebecca Wylde Warwick (Mrs. Henry Ames) (fem) 1.dec.1802-22.jan.1875 England Yorkshire, Rotherham - Liverpool
singer, professor of piano and singing, 16.jan.1803 baptized at the Presbyterian Church in Norton Derbyshire, 1812 her parents moved from Rotherham to Liverpool and 1817-1824 resided at 5 Grosvenor Place in Manchester, 1843-1875 widowed residing at 5 Abercromby Terrace 41 Oxford Street in Liverpool, 1843 with nephew Charles Dyer, 19.jul.1844 with novelist Martha MacDonald Lamont, 1861-1864 with her mother and a servant, 1871-1875 with two servants, she was a lifelong friend of pianist/composer Francis Edward Bache (Birmingham 1833-1858), 12.jul.1844-25.aug.1845 she is mentioned as a musical friend in letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle (14.jan.1801-21.apr.1866) who wrote about her 'never heard such singing in my life' and 'a too fluent speaker, I never heard such talking since I was born', 1854 she made a trip to Dresden, Saxon Switzerland and Berlin with her nephew and Edward Bache, 11.dec.1856 novelist Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell addressed a letter to Mrs. Ames, 5 Abercrombie Terrace Liverpool ; daughter of doctor of medicine and chemist Thomas Olivers Warwick (1772-1852 Liverpool) and Mary Aldred (Yorkshire, Wakefield 31.may.1779-28.dec.1864 Liverpool) who married 18.nov.1800 in Wickersley near Rotherham ; sister of Mary Aldred Warwick (Rotherham 22.dec.1809-), sister of gentleman John Alfred Warwick (Rotherham 29.feb.1812, baptized 3.jul.1812 Octagon Chapel Temple Court, Liverpool), sister of Olivia Margaret Warwick (Manchester 4.nov.1817-) ; 21.oct.1823 at St John in Manchester she married solicitor John Bent Thompson ; 6.oct.1836 in Bowdon near Manchester she married Henry Ames who died 1839 in Liverpool

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[] Poverty parts good company, a song words J. R. Planche pub Cramer & Co., London c1840
[] O peace of mind, thou lovely guest. Treble voices words Goldsmith no14 of Chamber Trios pub Edwin Ashdown, London 1844
[] We meet again. Treble voices no58 of Chamber Trios pub Oliver Ditson, Boston pub Edwin Ashdown, London 1844
[] Lovely May. Treble voices the words by "Eliza" no63 of Chamber Trios pub Edwin Ashdown, London 1844
[] The primrose "Flower of April". Treble voices the words and adaption by Mrs. H. Ames from the canone "Fior di Aprile" no110 of Chamber Trios pub Edwin Ashdown, London 1844
[] Mezeraye words Henry Fothergill Chorley (1808-1872) pub Hime & Son, Liverpool c1850
[] Care's holiday. Song words Henry Fothergill Chorley (1808-1872) pub Edwin Ashdown, London 1852
[] Lilies of the valley. Duettino the words written by M. Collins pub London 1852
[] Gaze on the rolling sea. Song words by Nereus pub London 1853
[] Valle che de' lamenti miei se' piena. Sonnetto di Petrarca. Voice and piano pub London 1853
[] The breeze. 2 Sopranos words T. Stuart pub Edwin Ashdown, London 1854
[] A song composed for summer evening pub London 1854
[] The rainy day. Voice and piano. London 1855 words Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
[] Passing clouds, a song, the poetry from Household Words pub London 1855
[] The Susquehanna River. Song the words & melody by... Arranged by Mrs. H. Ames pub Leader & Cock, London 1857
[] We strolled on the Terace. Song the words & melody by... Arranged by Mrs. H. Ames pub Leader & Cock, London 1857
[] Constancy, a Scotish song "Fair Bessie Bell" the words (with the exception of the first four lines) by G. C. Oxenden pub London 1857
[] Two duetts for treble and bass pub London 1858	[] 1 - Oh sleep and dream of all things good, words and music by Mrs. H. Ames [] 2 - It is morning, the words from the Knickerbocker New York Magazine
[] Goodbye to winter. 3 Sopranos (treble voices) the words from Parley's New Keepsake no10 of Wessel & Co's Series of Vocal Trios pub Edwin Ashdown, London 1860
[] Switzerland. Vocal duet and piano pub Edwin Ashdown & Parry, London 1860
[] By the sea. Song words A. Older pub Edwin Ashdown, London 1861
[] So soon the summer dies. Song the words by T. Hood pub London 1862
[] Daybreak in the country. Song words J. Ryan pub Lamborn Cock, Hutchings & Co., London 1863
[] The gladness of nature, for one and two voices words William Cullen Bryant pub Lamborn Cock & Co., London 1865
[] When the rosy morn. Aria
[] Sorrento. Vocal duett music Giuseppe Lillo (1814-1863), english words by Mrs. Henry Ames pub Ollivier & Co., London 1866
[] The exile "Fare thee well my own land". Ballad music Francis Edward Bache (1833-1858) words Mrs. Henry Ames
[] Friendship in sorrow "Sweet is evening's fragrant dew" in A flat. Song music Francis Edward Bache (1833-1858) words Mrs. Henry Ames no2 from Four songs dedicated to Mrs. Henry Ames
[] The invitation "Oh come to the mountain's breezy side" in G. Song music Francis Edward Bache (1833-1858) words Mrs. Henry Ames

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